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Prepubertal physical activity up-regulates estrogen receptor beta, BRCA1 and p53 mRNA expression in the rat mammary gland

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BREAST CANCER RESEARCH AND TREATMENT
卷 115, 期 1, 页码 213-220

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SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-008-0062-x

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Prepubertal physical activity; BRCA1; p53; Estrogen receptor; Terminal end bud

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  1. National Cancer Institute [U54 CA00100971]
  2. Prevent Cancer Foundation
  3. NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE [U54CA100971, U54CA100970] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER

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Findings in BRCA1 mutation carriers suggest that physical activity, particularly during childhood, may be linked to a reduced risk of developing breast cancer. We investigated whether physical activity at puberty alters the expression of BRCA1 and two other tumor suppressor genes-p53 and estrogen receptor (ER)-beta-in rats. In addition, the effects on ER-alpha expression, mammary proliferation and functional epithelial differentiation were investigated as markers of altered mammary cancer risk in rats exposed to regular physical activity at puberty. Female Sprague Dawley rat pups were randomized to voluntary exercise, sham-exercise control and non-manipulated control groups. Treadmill training (20-25 m/min, 15% grade, 30 min/day, 5 days/week) started on postnatal day 14 and continued through day 32. Third thoracic mammary glands (n = 5 per group and age) were obtained at days 32, 48 and 100 and assessed for changes in morphology through wholemounts, and at 100 days cell proliferation by using Ki67 staining, protein levels of ER-alpha and ER-beta by immunohistochemistry, and mRNA expression levels of BRCA1, p53, ER-alpha and ER-beta by real-time PCR. Mammary glands of rats exposed to exercise during puberty contained fewer terminal end buds (TEBs) and a higher number of differentiated alveolar buds and lobules than the sham controls. However, cell proliferation was not significantly altered among the groups. ER-alpha protein levels were significantly reduced, while ER-beta levels were increased in the mammary ducts and lobular epithelial structures of 100-day old rays which were voluntarily exercised at puberty, compared to sham controls. ER-beta, BRCA1 and p53 mRNA levels were significantly higher in the mammary glands of 100-day-old exercised versus sham control rats. Pubertal physical activity reduced mammary epithelial targets for neoplastic transformation through epithelial differentiation and it also up-regulated tumor suppressor genes BRCA1, p53 and ER-beta, and reduced ER-alpha/ER-beta ratio in the mammary gland. It remains to be determined whether the up-regulation of BRCA1, and perhaps p53, explains the protective effect of childhood physical activity against breast cancer in women who carry a germline mutation in one of the BRCA1 alleles.

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